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January 23, 2013
Catch us on The Week at Duke in 60 Seconds! Duke trustee Anne Bass and her husband Robert are giving 50 million dollars to the university. The money will fund the new "Bass Connections" initiative to encourage students and faculty to tackle complex... read more about Video: Bass Connections on The Week at Duke in 60 Seconds »
January 21, 2013
Bass Connections team leaders Helen Egger and Guillermo Sapiro collaborate across disciplines to focus on child mental health and how inexpensive video cameras with special software might serve as diagnostic tools to track anxiety triggers in young... read more about A New Way to Connect »
January 21, 2013
Bass Connections at Duke launches with a focus on problems of societal importance that, by their nature, require disciplines to come together while engaging learners at all levels. Read more... read more about Interdisciplinary Learning: Real World Issues »
January 21, 2013
Tom Nechyba, leader of Bass Connections Education & Human Development theme, sits down and discusses the latest on SSRI West and Bass Connections... read more about Nechyba's Niche »
January 21, 2013
Two researchers at Duke, from disparate fields, are collaborating to create diagnostic tools that could lead to early identification of at-risk children through their Bass Connections team... read more about Working Together to Change the Lives of Children and Families »
January 21, 2013
Bass Connections—originally named Duke IDEAS—is named after its donors, Anne and Robert Bass. The program aims to enhance students’ educational experience by connecting them with other students and faculty for academic and extracurricular... read more about Duke IDEAS now Bass Connections following $50M gift »
January 21, 2013
Duke University received a $50 million gift from Anne T. and Robert M. Bass of Fort Worth, Texas. With the gift, Duke will establish “Bass Connections,” an initiative to encourage interdisciplinary work with Duke students and faculty reaching across... read more about Duke University gets $50M gift »
January 21, 2013
With funding from the gift, Duke is launching an initiative that will encourage students and faculty to collaborate across traditional academic boundaries to develop the broad expertise and perspective needed to tackle complex societal problems.... read more about $50M gift to fund Duke multi-disciplinary efforts »
January 21, 2013
"We believe that this gift will enable broad collaboration among scholars across multiple disciplines to develop truly innovative approaches to some of the most pressing societal problems," said Anne and Robert Bass. Read more... read more about New Initiative Prepares Students for Society’s Challenges »
January 21, 2013
“We are grateful to the Bass family for embracing Duke’s vision of education as something that extends beyond what happens in a traditional classroom” -Duke President Richard Brodhead Read more... read more about Collaborative education at Duke boosted by $50M gift »